SB 6229 - DIGEST
(SEE ALSO PROPOSED 1ST SUB)

Requires the agency (as defined in RCW 74.15.020), in order to streamline the foster care application process for child-placing agencies, to: (1) Accept foster care parent applications electronically;

(2) Complete and return background clearances within thirty days;

(3) Ensure that the forms required across the state are uniform and consistent between regions;

(4) If related agency forms change after the foster care application has been received by the agency, not require the applicant to resubmit information on a substantially similar form;

(5) Ensure that foster care parent applications are processed in a timely manner; and

(6) E-mail the fingerprint original case agency number to a child-placing agency within five business days of receipt of the fingerprint-based background notice from the family or child-placing agency.